déconcertante

\de.kɔ̃.sɛʁ.tɑ̃t\

/\de.kɔ̃.sɛʁ.tɑ̃t\/ adj

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The verdict

“déconcertante” has 21 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,358. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,358
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
21
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de déconcertant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-deconcertante · déconcertante · French

déconcertante · rank #36,358 · 21 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #36,358
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 21 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH décrivez

Nearest frequency peer: décrivez (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « déconcertante »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « déconcertante » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

déconcertante vs déconcertant
92% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for déconcertante
PropertyValue
Headworddéconcertante
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\de.kɔ̃.sɛʁ.tɑ̃t\
Letters13
Frequency rank#36,358
Misspellings tracked21
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « déconcertante »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).déconcertantese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « décrivez » (#36,359), « Duchamp » (#36,356), « décrétée » (#36,360). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « déconcertante » est au #36,358. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 21 spelling variants around déconcertante (IPA \de.kɔ̃.sɛʁ.tɑ̃t\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #36,358 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de déconcertant.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for déconcertante, with forms such as "dcéoncertante", "ddéconcertante", and "deconcertante". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "déconcertant", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is déconcertante, spelled D-É-C-O-N-C-E-R-T-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de déconcertant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how déconcertante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. C’est elle, en effet, qui, chez les barbiers de la capitale, ensavonne les clients et armée de l’instrument tranchant, que vous connaissez, caresse les mentons poilus avec une maestria déconcertante.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dcéoncertante
  • ddéconcertante
  • deconcertante
  • décconcertante
  • décnocertante
  • décocnertante
  • déconccertante
  • déconceratnte
  • déconcerrtante
  • déconcertanet
  • déconcertannte
  • déconcertantte
  • déconcertatne
  • déconcertnate
  • déconcerttante
  • déconcetrante
  • déconcretante
  • déconecrtante
  • déconncertante
  • déocncertante
  • édconcertante

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of déconcertante - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

dcéoncertante2ddéconcertante1deconcertante1décconcertante1décnocertante2décocnertante2déconccertante1déconceratnte2
Edit distance from "déconcertante"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "déconcertante"?
"déconcertante" is spelled D-É-C-O-N-C-E-R-T-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \de.kɔ̃.sɛʁ.tɑ̃t\.
What does "déconcertante" mean?
As an adjective, "déconcertante" means: Féminin singulier de déconcertant.
What words are commonly confused with "déconcertante"?
"déconcertante" is commonly confused with "déconcertant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "déconcertante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "déconcertante" is \de.kɔ̃.sɛʁ.tɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "déconcertante" come from?
"déconcertante" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "déconcertante", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list